HLA-B56

major histocompatibility complex (human), class I, B56
Alleles B*5601, *5602, *5603, *5604
Structure (See HLA-B)
Symbol(s) HLA-B
EBI-HLA B*5601
B*5602
B*5603
B*5604
Locus chr.6 6p21.31

HLA-B56 (B56) is an HLA-B serotype. B56 is a split antigen from the B22 broad antigen, sister serotypes are B54 and B55. The serotype identifies the more common HLA-B*56 gene products.[1] (For terminology help see: HLA-serotype tutorial)

Serotype

B56 and B22 serotype recognition of Some HLA B*56 allele-group gene products[2]
B*56 B56 B22 Sample
allele % % size (N)
5601 72 5 671
5603 46 8 13
5604 73 11

Allele distribution

HLA B*5601 frequencies
freq
ref. Population (%)
[3] Australian Aborigine Kimberly35.5
[3] Papua New Guinea Madang34.6
[3] Papua New Guinea New Britain Rabaul31.6
[3] Taiwan Ami20.4
[3] New Caledonia19.2
[3] Australian Aborigine Groote Eylandt18.0
[3] Australian Aborigine Cape York Peninsula16.5
[3] Australian Aborigine Yuendumu11.4
[3] China Yunnan Lisu9.4
[3] China Yunnan Nu3.8
[3] Senegal Niokholo Mandenka2.7
[3] Sudanese2.5
[3] American Samoa2.0
[3] China Guangxi Maonan1.9
[3] Taiwan Hakka1.8
[3] Thailand1.8
[3] Finland1.7
[3] Georgia Tibilisi Kurds1.7
[3] India Andhra Pradesh Golla1.4
[3] Croatia1.3
[3] Japan (5)1.3
[3] South Africa Natal Tamil1.0
[3] Taiwan Rukai1.0

References

  1. ↑ Marsh SG, Albert ED, Bodmer WF et al. (2005). "Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2004". Tissue Antigens 65 (4): 301–69. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00379.x. PMID 15787720.
  2. ↑ derived from IMGT/HLA
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 Middleton D, Menchaca L, Rood H, Komerofsky R (2003). "New allele frequency database: http://www.allelefrequencies.net". Tissue Antigens 61 (5): 403–7. doi:10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00062.x. PMID 12753660.